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API Documentation (API Version bleed)

Network/DNS/Reverse/

DESCRIPTION

Normally with DNS, you look up an IP address with a domain name. In the case of Reverse DNS, you look up a domain name from an IP address. Many technologies use this as a means of validating requests are coming from where they say they are.

This section of the API allows you to set up, remove, and query Reverse DNS information for your IPs.

assignableIps

URL:

https://api.liquidweb.com/bleed/Network/DNS/Reverse/assignableIps

Description:

Get a list of IPs available for assignment.

Parameters:

No Values Defined

Returns:

FieldType
itemsAn array of associative arrays containing
 
current_ptrA fully-qualified domain name (i.e. liquidweb.com, www.liquidweb.com, etc)* Optional
domainA fully-qualified domain name (i.e. liquidweb.com, www.liquidweb.com, etc)
ipAn IPv4 IP address, in quad-dotted decimal notation (i.e. 127.0.0.1)
uniq_idA six-character identifier, containing only capital letters and digits.

Possible Errors:

Refer to the Error Handling documentation for the list of exception types

delete

URL:

https://api.liquidweb.com/bleed/Network/DNS/Reverse/delete

Description:

This method is used to remove reverse DNS records.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeNotes
hostnameA hostname or fully-qualified domain name (i.e. localhost, liquidweb.com, www.liquidweb.com, etc)
ipAn IPv4 IP address, in quad-dotted decimal notation (i.e. 127.0.0.1)* Required

Returns:

FieldType
deletedAn IPv4 IP address, in quad-dotted decimal notation (i.e. 127.0.0.1)

Possible Errors:

Refer to the Error Handling documentation for the list of exception types

update

URL:

https://api.liquidweb.com/bleed/Network/DNS/Reverse/update

Description:

Updates a ptr record.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeNotes
hostnameA hostname or fully-qualified domain name (i.e. localhost, liquidweb.com, www.liquidweb.com, etc)* Required
ipAn IPv4 IP address, in quad-dotted decimal notation (i.e. 127.0.0.1)* Required

Returns:

FieldTypeNotes
One or more keys matching: an IPv4 IP address, in quad-dotted decimal notation (i.e. 127.0.0.1) or a range of IP addresses, seperated by a hyphenA fully-qualified domain name (i.e. liquidweb.com, www.liquidweb.com, etc)* Optional

Possible Errors:

Refer to the Error Handling documentation for the list of exception types